Adjacent Fields / Digital security and privacy

Digital security and privacy

People will not (and should not) use tech that's untrustworthy. Too many tech projects, including civic tech projects, have abused user privacy and/or failed users in providing a secure user experience. Anyone advocating for increasing digitization of government, social benefits, or public conversation should invest in strong digital security and privacy-respecting approach from the onset and on an ongoing basis, as this area evolves rapidly.

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onlinesafety.substack.com

Tate's Online Safety Community

Provides guidance and tips on how every day people can enhance their personal privacy and security, minimizing their digital footprints.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2023
Adjacent Fields, Digital security and privacy, Newsletters
Google Play "Verified" badge for VPN apps
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/01/helping-users-find-trusted-apps-on-google-play.html

Google Play "Verified" badge for VPN apps

This new badge is designed to highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety, help users make more informed choices about the VPN apps they use, and build confidence in the apps they ultimatel...

Mountain View, CA
Cybersecurity, Digital security and privacy, Civic features
apps, Google
Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA)
appdefensealliance.dev/masa/masa-al2

Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA)

For MASA AL2, the lab will test the public version of the app (available in the Play Store) and provide assessment feedback directly to developers, including remediation steps for any flagged issues.

Cybersecurity, Digital security and privacy, Data schemas and standards
apps, Google
solicituddedatos.es
solicituddedatos.es

solicituddedatos.es

Las empresas tienen que darte acceso a tus datos y corregirlos o incluso eliminarlos si es necesario. Como una organización sin fines de lucro, te ayudamos a ejercer esos derechos – gratis y sin neces...

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
demandetesdonnees.fr
demandetesdonnees.fr

demandetesdonnees.fr

Les entreprises doivent vous donner accès à vos données et les corriger, voire les supprimer si nécessaire. En tant qu'association à but non lucratif, nous vous aidons à exercer ces droits - gratuitem...

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
gegevensaanvragen.nl
gegevensaanvragen.nl

gegevensaanvragen.nl

U heeft het recht op privacy!

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/information-technology/digital-privacy/data-usage-protocols-public-comment/public-comment-history

San José Data Usage Protocols & Public Comment initiative

Public Comment period for emerging place-based tech deployed in San José

San Jose, California
Govtech, Engagement tech, Emerging tech
city
pedidodedados.org
pedidodedados.org

pedidodedados.org

Você tem direito à privacidade !

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
datarequests.org
datarequests.org

datarequests.org

Companies have to give you access to your data and correct or even delete them if necessary. As a non-profit association, we help you use those rights – free of charge and registration, of course.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
Tweasel
github.com/tweaselORG

Tweasel

Building infrastructure for detecting and complaining about tracking and privacy violations in mobile apps on Android and iOS.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Data rights
Prototype Fund
osobnipodaci.org
osobnipodaci.org

osobnipodaci.org

Poduzeća ti moraju omogućiti pristup tvojim podacima i ispraviti ih ili čak izbrisati ako je potrebno. Kao neprofitna udruga, pomažemo ti koristiti ta prava – besplatno i bez registracije.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
Datenanfragen.de
datenanfragen.de

Datenanfragen.de

Nutze Dein Recht auf Datenschutz.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Data rights
Cape
cape.co

Cape

Cape is the only mobile carrier built with privacy and security at its core.

Washington, DC
Cybersecurity, Digital security and privacy, Smartphones
commercial
Olumide Babalola LP
oblp.org

Olumide Babalola LP

Nigeria's Foremost Data Protection Attorneys

Nigeria 🇳🇬
Legal tech, Digital security and privacy
Migration and Technology Monitor
migrationtechmonitor.com

Migration and Technology Monitor

With a focus on migration, technology, and human rights, we actively interrogate tech experiments on people crossing borders.

Watchdogging and transparency, Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
surveillance, immigration
Irídia
iridia.cat

Irídia

A Irídia defensem els drets civils i polítics. Denunciem la violència institucional i promovem canvis en les polítiques públiques. Actua!

Barcelona
Advocacy tech, Campaign organizations, Digital security and privacy
human rights, surveillance
eQualitie
equalit.ie/fr

eQualitie

eQualitie is a Canadian digital security organisation focused on the development and distribution of free, open-source software, services and security training to civil society, NGO's, investigative j...

Canada 🇨🇦
since 2011
Cybersecurity, Digital security and privacy
Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems
turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/trustworthy-digital-infrastructure-identity-systems

Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems

Enhancing the privacy and security of national digital identity systems

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Digital rights, Digital security and privacy, Identity
دليل الأمن الرقمي للنشطاء في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (Digital Security Guide for Activists in the Middle East and North Africa)
accessnow.org/guide/digital-security-guide-mena-arabic

دليل الأمن الرقمي للنشطاء في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (Digital Security Guide for Activists in the Middle East and North Africa)

قامت أكساس ناو بإعداد دليل الأمن الرقمي بهدف تقديم الدعم للأشخاص في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا الذين يسعون لحماية أنفسهم من التهديدات الرقمية والبقاء آمنين على الإنترنت. (Access Now has created...

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Digital security and privacy, Cybersecurity
guides
Technology & Racial Justice Collaborative (TRJC)
thetrjc.org

Technology & Racial Justice Collaborative (TRJC)

Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using surveillance tools, predictive technologies, and automated decision-making systems that impose a disproportionate burden on communities historically imp...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Artificial Intelligence, Open justice, Digital security and privacy
racial equity
Surveillance Watch
surveillancewatch.io

Surveillance Watch

Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry.

Tech for Bad Hall of Shame, Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
surveillance
¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes?
hiperderecho.org/vigilandovigilantes

¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes?

Este proyecto nace con la intención de ser una campaña de sensibilización para proteger el derecho a la protesta y denunciar la persecución policial en espacios digitales.

Lima, Peru
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Digital security and privacy
policing
¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?
hiperderecho.org/qdtd2021

¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?

¿Cómo protegen las empresas de telecomunicaciones nuestra información cuando el Estado toca la puerta?

Lima, Peru
since 2021
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech
Privacidad es seguridad
hiperderecho.org/pes

Privacidad es seguridad

En los últimos quince años, los peruanos hemos renunciado a muchos aspectos de nuestra privacidad en nombre de la seguridad. ¿Ha valido la pena?

Lima, Peru
Digital security and privacy
reports
Elecciones, datos personales y tecnologías
hiperderecho.org/datosyelecciones

Elecciones, datos personales y tecnologías

Tanto los organismos del sistema electoral como las organizaciones políticas utilizan nuestros datos al momento de realizar un proceso electoral.

Lima, Peru
since 2021
Digital security and privacy, Organize campaigns, Voting and elections
Stanford Internet Observatory Trust & Safety Research Conference
conferences.law.stanford.edu/tsrc

Stanford Internet Observatory Trust & Safety Research Conference

The conference brings together trust and safety researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, civil society, and government.

The People, Meet the others, In-person meetings
Cloudflare AI blocker
blog.cloudflare.com/declaring-your-aindependence-block-ai-bots-scrapers-and-crawlers-with-a-single-click

Cloudflare AI blocker

Blocks lots of AI scrapers at once

since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Digital security and privacy
TrustCon
trustcon.net

TrustCon

TrustCon is the global conference dedicated to trust and safety professionals who are responsible for the challenging work of keeping our platforms and communities safe.

The People, Meet the others, In-person meetings
Digital Wellbeing Initiative
thedwi.org/about-us

Digital Wellbeing Initiative

The Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Sri Lanka is a project that collaborates with youth, technology professionals, artists, and policymakers to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge...

Colombo, Sri Lanka
since 2021
Polarization, Media literacy, Digital literacy
mental health, Peace, justice, and strong institutions
Delete Nothing
deletenothing.org

Delete Nothing

Delete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.

Colombo, Sri Lanka
Digital security and privacy, Digital rights, Tech for public challenges
anti-harassment, anti-trafficking, Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV)
Privacy Stack
privacystack.bocoup.com

Privacy Stack

An open source starter app that comes with user accounts that include: data access, do not sell, data deletion, undo sign up, and other features.

Massachusetts
since 2024
Digital security and privacy, Digital rights
When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study
dl.designresearchsociety.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1221&context=iasdr

When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

Amsterdam
since 2023
Smart Cities and sensors, Urban planning, Ethical tech and responsible tech
mobility, city, Sustainable cities and communities
Surveillance Defense for Campus Protests
eff.org/fr/deeplinks/2024/06/surveillance-defense-campus-protests

Surveillance Defense for Campus Protests

The recent wave of protests calling for peace in Palestine have been met with unwarranted and aggressive suppression from law enforcement, universities, and other bad actors. It’s clear that the chang...

Direct action, Digital security and privacy
guides, students
Recommended Actions for Online Platforms to Improve Human Rights Defender Protection
state.gov/recommended-actions-for-online-platforms-to-improve-human-rights-defender-protection

Recommended Actions for Online Platforms to Improve Human Rights Defender Protection

Sets out best practices and actions online platforms can take to implement more robust support for Human Rights Defenders under threat

Washington, DC
since 2024
Digital security and privacy, Foundational layers
human rights, reports, United States (federal government)
Snowflake
snowflake.torproject.org

Snowflake

Bypass censorship by disguising web traffic. A feature in Tor Browser, Onion Browser, and Orbot.

Cybersecurity, Digital security and privacy, Circumvention tech
free speech
The Citizens’ Biometrics Council
adalovelaceinstitute.org/project/citizens-biometrics-council

The Citizens’ Biometrics Council

Bringing together 50 members of the UK public to deliberate on the use of biometrics technologies like facial recognition.

since 2020
Identity, Digital security and privacy, Engagement tech
Open Terms Archive
opentermsarchive.org

Open Terms Archive

Open Terms Archive publicly records every version of the terms of digital services to enable democratic oversight.

France 🇫🇷
since 2020
Archives, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Digital security and privacy
Next Generation Internet (NGI)
ngi.eu

Next Generation Internet (NGI)

The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is a European Commission (EC) initiative that aims to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet of Trust.

Brussels
Get funding, Funders & donors, Ethical tech and responsible tech
SHARE MONITORING
monitoring.labs.rs

SHARE MONITORING

Monitoring digital rights violations and online violations in Serbia.

Serbia (Srbija) 🇷🇸
Ethical tech and responsible tech, Archives, Digital security and privacy
Mapping Humanitarian Tech
accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Mapping-humanitarian-tech-February-2024.pdf

Mapping Humanitarian Tech

Exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes

since 2024
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Digital security and privacy
reports
Signal
signal.org

Signal

State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source Signal Protocol) keeps your conversations secure.

Chat and messaging, Digital security and privacy
Signal
Trust and accountability patterns in digital government: data usage trackers
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/trust-and-accountability-patterns-digital-governme

Trust and accountability patterns in digital government: data usage trackers

In a new series of blogs, Richard Pope looks at concrete examples of digital transparency, accountability and recourse from around the world.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Digital security and privacy, Identity, Govtech
FreedomBox Foundation
freedomboxfoundation.org

FreedomBox Foundation

FreedomBox is a private server system that empowers regular people to host their own internet services, like a VPN, a personal website, file sharing, encrypted messengers, a VoIP server, a metasearch...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2010
Ethical tech and responsible tech, Decentralization, Digital security and privacy
Digital Society of Africa
digitalsociety.africa

Digital Society of Africa

Digital Society of Africa (DSA) works to strengthen the resilience and ability of frontline activists; human rights defenders and other at-risk groups in the region to independently recognize and resp...

Digital security and privacy, Cybersecurity
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)
cppa.ca.gov

California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is a California state government agency created by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA)

California
since 2020
Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Adjacent Fields
state
Zebra Crossing
zebracrossing.narwhalacademy.org

Zebra Crossing

an easy-to-use digital safety checklist

Digital security and privacy, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Cybersecurity
guides
Digital Rating: отчёты о прозрачности компаний в России
rating.digital

Digital Rating: отчёты о прозрачности компаний в России

Эксперты проекта Digital Rating исследовали политики и практики популярных веб-сервисов Рунета по раскрытию данных взаимодействия с госорганами, а также соблюдения прав граждан на свободу информации и...

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
Digital security and privacy, Consumer watchdogging, Watchdogging and transparency
Privacy Day: международная онлайн-конференция о приватности и защите данных
privacyday.net

Privacy Day: международная онлайн-конференция о приватности и защите данных

Ежегодная конференция на русском языке, приуроченная к Международному дню защиты персональных данных

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
Holidays, Digital security and privacy
Коллективный иск против сервиса «Яндекс.Еда» в связи с утечкой  персональных данных
eda.runet.report

Коллективный иск против сервиса «Яндекс.Еда» в связи с утечкой персональных данных

Кампания по сбору заявлений в суд против сервиса «Яндекс.Еда» от граждан, чьи данные были обнаружены в утечке. Заявки для участия собираются в онлайн, далее работают адвокаты в судах.

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
Digital security and privacy, Legal tech, Open justice
Ban Cam: кампания против распознавания лиц
bancam.ru

Ban Cam: кампания против распознавания лиц

Системы распознавания лиц являются технологиями двойного назначения и могут использоваться для давления на общество

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
Artificial Intelligence, Digital security and privacy
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